, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Women's Caucus
Just to answer the question, 'How can we share the information?', I showed you how I shared what we were doing in the Labour Party, without telling the Labour Party, I have to say, on a platform at the Plaid conference. But that was my job, so I disengaged…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Women's Caucus
I think it absolutely has to permanent. I said it at the start, that the Labour Party had their system, then they thought, 'We've arrived at this position', and we had a decision that once we got to 50 per cent we wouldn't put those mechanisms in. And, of…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Women's Caucus
Well, coming back to this Bill, if you have a gender quota in the fist place, people know that they're going to be selected and elected. So, the first thing it puts in people's minds is, 'I've got a real opportunity, rather than a chance', and I think that…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Women's Caucus
I can. One of the biggest barriers of all time for women was the interview process. So, way back in the 1990s, certainly our party—I can't speak for others—changed that process so that women weren't asked questions about childcare. Now, let's be clear about…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Women's Caucus
The first thing I want to say is there are 132 countries in 2021 worldwide, some of them emerging democracies, that were using quotas. So, I don't think 132 countries have got this wrong is the first point. How could we persuade—? I've got a really good story…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Women's Caucus
I will answer that first, and I know that others will want to come in. I've been around long enough. We took an opportunity, the Labour Party, when what was then the Welsh Assembly was first formed, to twin seats, and they were twinned on the basis of one…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Women's Caucus
Well, if you've read my paper, you'll know that I've said that there is no caucus opinion. There is a majority opinion, but there isn't a single opinion. So, you know the answer to that question.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Women's Caucus
It's about encouraging women to be part of what they do here, but to support other women also more widely. I don't think that we've ever discussed talking about women here getting themselves into positions of power, as you phrased it.
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Women's Caucus
Okay. Thank you for that question. I also want to say that I want to thank the Chair for giving us this opportunity to give evidence today. The role of the women's caucus is to support women into political positions, and, to that end, we've taken lots of…
, Reform Bill Committee
Senedd Cymru (Electoral Candidate Lists) Bill: Evidence session with the Senedd Women's Caucus
Joyce Watson, chair of the women's caucus.
, Plenary
Emergency Question: Incident in Ysgol Dyffryn Aman
The first thing that I want to say, and echo what has already been said, is that my thoughts and best wishes are with all those who have been injured, but also all those who have witnessed and been involved in it, and therefore traumatised by it. I want to…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Of course, I welcome the creation of the fracture liaison services across Wales, but could you, First Minister, provide an update on the provision in Powys, where there are no district general hospitals, and how that service will be delivered?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Chief Medical Officer for Wales
Thank you. Is it possible for us to see that?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Chief Medical Officer for Wales
You talked about generalists in some areas, and I want to talk about collaboration between different parts of the healthcare system, particularly when we’re talking about those with chronic conditions. Are the systems that are currently in place adequate to…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Chief Medical Officer for Wales
You want me to go on to my—? Okay. So, moving on, the Welsh Government committed in 2015 to people with long-term conditions having individual care plans, if they want them, of course. What we need to know is has the introduction of those individual care…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Chief Medical Officer for Wales
Thank you.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with the Chief Medical Officer for Wales
If we do train people with a broader spectrum of understanding—generalists—in Wales, individuals are concerned about their own profession as well. So, the question from me would be this: how would that fit for the individual if they were trained as a…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with mental health representatives
But it's important.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with mental health representatives
Yes, a quick question. When we're talking about older people, we'll be talking about loneliness and bereavement in many, many cases, and the deterioration can be fairly rapid from those events. But the one thing that has helped in the past has been looking…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with mental health representatives
Just on—
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with mental health representatives
Okay.
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with mental health representatives
Okay. I'm going to ask a question to the Royal College of Psychiatrists particularly. You evidence that technology-enabled remote monitoring in schools, the TERMS project, led by TEC Cymru, focuses on young people with eating difficulties in school. What…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with mental health representatives
So, how do we improve on it?
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with mental health representatives
I'm going to move on to well-being. We've been told that a health literacy campaign is needed to support populations in understanding health better and how to self-manage mental health and well-being. If you agree with that, how does health literacy around…
, Health and Social Care Committee
Supporting people with chronic conditions: evidence session with mental health representatives
I want to speak about neurodiversity and how that is dealt with, particularly when it's not—and I'm going to talk about autism here particularly—immediately obvious that somebody is autistic, has neurodiversity as part of their make-up and can't express…
